A waterfall in a remote region of Peru is to be promoted as a tourist attraction from next year, after it was revealed to the world in a German television program. The feature, named the Gocta Falls after an ancient local settlement, has been designated the world’s largest waterfall and is about 100 feet taller than the falls in Yosemite national park in the USA, which until now had been believed to be the third largest after Angel’s Fall in Venezuela and the Tugela Falls in South Africa.

The Gocta Falls were “discovered” in 2002 by a German explorer and engineer working for a Peruvian water company, Stefan Ziemendorff. He located the cascade deep in Peru’s northern jungle near the city of Chachapoyas in the Amazonas region, about 430 miles (650 km) from the capital, Lima. It’s been measured as 2,529 feet in height, and is said to be stunning in its majestic natural beauty.